Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

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Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 14, 2004 (heats & semifinals)
August 15, 2004 (final)
Competitors38 from 30 nations
Winning time57.72
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2000
2008  

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15. [1]

Australia's Petria Thomas, who finished fourth in Sydney, won her first individual gold medal in this event, outside the Olympic record time of 57.72 seconds. The silver medal was awarded to Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak, who trailed behind Thomas by 0.12 of a second, in an outstanding time of 57.84. Defending Olympic champion and world record holder Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands, on the other hand, took home the bronze at 57.99 seconds. [2] [3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Inge de Bruijn  (NED)56.61 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000
Olympic recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Inge de Bruijn  (NED)56.61 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.47Q
245 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 57.84Q, NR
355 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 58.47Q
434 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58.48Q
557 Jessicah Schipper Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.57Q
644 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.77Q
753 Junko Onishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.22Q
856 Malia Metella Flag of France.svg  France 59.38Q
33 Rachel Komisarz Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
1042 Ambra Migliori Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 59.47Q
1151 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.53Q, WD
1246 Zhou Yafei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.62Q
1332 Natalya Sutyagina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.76Q
1435 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 59.77Q
1524 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.81Q
1643 Anna-Karin Kammerling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.84Q
1731 Yuko Nakanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.16Q
1838 Beatrix Boulsevicz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:00.18
1923 Eirini Kavarnou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:00.43
2041 Georgina Lee Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:00.45
2148 Chantal Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:00.49
2258 Francesca Segat Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 1:00.56
2325 Elizabeth Coster Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:00.61
36 Johanna Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2547 Aurore Mongel Flag of France.svg  France 1:00.65
2637 Vered Borochovski Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:00.69
2726 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:00.81
2852 Xu Yanwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:01.53
2922 Maria Papadopoulou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1:02.01
3016 Kateryna Zubkova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:02.22
3121 Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:02.33
3228 Sze Hang Yu Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:02.42
3327 Park Kyung-hwa Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:02.52
3414 Cheng Wan-jung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:02.94
3515 Gülşah Günenç Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:04.30
3612 Angela Galea Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:05.47
3713 Mariya Bugakova Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 1:07.08
3817 Natasha Sara Georgeos Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 1:07.94

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 58.10Q
25 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58.66Q
33 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.91Q
46 Rachel Komisarz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.34
52 Ambra Migliori Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 59.53
58 Yuko Nakanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.53
71 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.72
87 Natalya Sutyagina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.79

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.50Q
24 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.93Q
33 Jessicah Schipper Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.63Q
41 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 58.97Q
56 Junko Onishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.24Q
52 Malia Metella Flag of France.svg  France 59.28
78 Anna-Karin Kammerling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.33
87 Zhou Yafei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.48

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.72
Silver medal icon.svg3 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 57.84
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.99
46 Jessicah Schipper Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.22
57 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.72
62 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58.96
71 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 59.06
88 Junko Onishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.83

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Petria Thomas Takes the 100 Fly, Inky Relegated to the Bronze with Mistimed Finish". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. "Petria Thomas beats Inge de Bruijn for Gold in the 100 metres butterfly". ABC News Australia. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.